Senior Lecturer, dog lover, cricketer, West Ham fan, Raiders fan (not much going for me really!) Goalball coach and referee. Opinions are my own. He/him
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Robert Avery retweeted
✨Most Valuable Player of the Game ✨
MVP of the game award goes to Erkki Miinala representing Old Power 🏅🔵
[Description: Photo below of Erkki Miinala wearing his medal, shaking hands with Referee Robert Avery]
#EGCAUK25 #goalballuk
Robert Avery retweeted
Exciting news! @TigersGoalball are heading to Peterborough tomorrow. So grateful to @GoalballUK for all the help! If you can’t be there, please spread the word about the live stream for a fantastic weekend of #Goalball. Watch on Goalball TV @ibsagoalball #EnjoyTheShow #YouTube
Refereeing at the @GoalballUK Intermediate North Matchday 3. Great to have some @YorkStJohn students here to support the event. – at York, England
Robert Avery retweeted
𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙏 𝙈𝙄𝙎𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎
@TigersGoalball are making history by hosting top-flight European club Goalball here in the UK for the first time on the weekend of 21st to 23rd February, right here in Northamptonshire! 🙌
This event is absolutely FREE!
➡️ northamptonshirefa.com/news/…
📷 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬
Robert Avery retweeted
📢Online Health Monitoring For Para Athletes
Excited to share our research study for Para athletes from Africa and other Low and middle-income countries.
An online health monitoring study to help athletes understand their health.
ℹ️For more info: bit.ly/4fAyxPr
Robert Avery retweeted
The This Girl Can Open competition is back! Date: Saturday 8th March 2025 at The Factory, Longbridge Birmingham. First game starts at 10am. Applications for entry are now open. No clubs will be entered, therefore will be an individual entry only.
Robert Avery retweeted
This morning I shared my MSc research project at the OT conference at the University of Salford. It was great to share a topic I am passionate about, and go outside my comfort zone! @GMMH_NHS
Robert Avery retweeted
🏆 Meet the Teams at #EGCAUK25! 🏆
Feb 21-23, Oundle School Sports Centre, Peterborough.
🇫🇮 Old Power
🇫🇷 CSAVH Lyon
🇵🇹 Sporting CP
🇩🇪 Füchse Berlin
🇧🇪 @havi2bruxelles
🇩🇰 Aarhus Goalball
🇬🇧 @northernstars5
🏴@tigersgoalball
🎟 FREE tickets – Don’t miss it! 🏅 #Goalball
Robert Avery retweeted
🎫 The EGCA Champions League qualifiers are almost here! Plan your visit to see @TigersGoalball & @northernstars5 !
Full event info: goalballuk.com/egcl2025-pete…
#Goalball #EGCAUK25
Robert Avery retweeted
🚗 Heading to Peterborough for EGCA Champions League? If you're traveling with at least one other spectator, we’ll contribute £20 each way toward your taxi fare!
Book now: goalballuk.com/oundlesportsc…
#Goalball #EGCAUK25 #GoalballUK
Robert Avery retweeted
🏆 The EGCA Champions League is coming to the UK for the first time, hosted by @TigersGoalball!
Join us @OundleSchoolSC Feb 21-23.
ℹ️ goalballuk.com/egcl2025-pete…
#Goalball #EGCAUK25 #RNIB @RNIB @BritBlindSport @PocklingtonHub @fraserdawbarns @smurfitkappa
Robert Avery retweeted
Here's an article I wrote about YouTube's recent announcement to restrict teenagers' exposure to fitness and weight-related videos in the UK ⬇️⬇️
@BPSCyberPsych @CeBSAP
YouTube is limiting recommendations of weight and fitness videos to teenagers – but more wide-ranging change is needed bit.ly/4dV7dKz
Robert Avery retweeted
With under 2 days to go the next @GoalballUK season will begin. First up a full weekend of super league. Our team are aiming to continue the success of last season.
We will update social media throughout the weekend so stay tuned 💙
We can't wait for domestic goalball to return this weekend! First up is Tournament 1 of the 2024/25 Super League, good luck everyone 🔵💙.
🌍 EIS Sheffield (@eissheff)
📅 Sat 21st & Sun 22nd September
Keep up to date throughout the event 👉 goalballuk.com/competition/s…
ALT Promotional image for the Super League Tournament 1 event. On the left side of the image are the details of the event , location - EIS Sheffield, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA. Date - Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September 2024. On the right of the image is an action shot featuring Matt Loftus (Northern Allstars) defending a shot.
Robert Avery retweeted
Have a listen for an interview about the upcoming international club goalball tournament.
Don’t forget to get the date in your diary for the opportunity to see top tier goalball! 🔵🐯
@GoalballUK @fraserdawbarns @TPTFootball @smurfitkappa @goalfix @CSSC_Official
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Robert Avery retweeted
The Goalball UK Centre of Excellence is open for business!
Fantastic to have players and staff from across our Performance Pathway together at @eissheff 👊
VD: Players, coaches, and support staff all in a circle with their hands in the middle. They’re in the middle of a sports hall.
#OneTeam
ALT Players, coaches and staff in a room together listening to a presentation lead by Gary Lambert who is at the front, next to a projector screen. People are sat in rows leading up to the front with Gary.
Robert Avery retweeted
We have opportunities available for young people to get involved in goalball, both recreationally and via our Goalball Academy, the entry point to our Performance Pathway😄
We are speaking at an upcoming @VICTAUK Parent Workshop to introduce to parents both the recreational and performance pathways into goalball for young people with a vision impairment.
Find out all the key details and register your place to find out the opportunities we have available for young people in goalball via the link: victa.org.uk/victa-calendar/…
ALT Graphic on a blue background with white text at the top, reading "Parent workshop, introduction to Goalball UK and the Goalball Academy, with a team photo of the Academy underneath at a camp. Below the photo is VICTA's logo, and the date of the workshop which is Wednesday 14th August, 7 until 7:30pm.
Robert Avery retweeted
I am delighted to share that we are recruiting part-time primary External General Mentors and Lead Mentors to support the work of our thriving Initial Teacher Education department @YSJTeacherEd @YorkStJohn👇 jobs.yorksj.ac.uk/vacancy.as…
Robert Avery retweeted
🎥 "Goalball was invented after the Second World War and it was to rehabilitate visually-impaired veterans."
In @BBCLancsSport's latest 'Grassroots to Gold' feature, Salim Patel (@Sal9594) from #Blackburn Goalball Club (@BburnGC) explains the sport's foundations
#bbcsport